Wimbledon Day 12 - Kerber Beats Serena But Both Are The Story; Djokovic Is Back After Edging All-Time Classic With Nadal
The Tennis Podcast
David Law
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2018
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
With Royalty in attendance - the Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex - Angelique Kerber defeated Serena Williams to win the Wimbledon title, and Novak Djokovic overcame Rafael Nadal in an all-time classic to reach the men’s final.
Afterwards, Catherine Whitaker was joined by Charlie Eccleshare of the Telegraph, and later David Law, to review the day.
Why was Kerber such a comfortable winner over Williams? How will the final be reported in the pages of the Telegraph? And what next for both players?
Where does Djokovic vs. Nadal stand in the list of all-time great contests? Is it the best rivalry of them all?
Did Wimbledon get its scheduling decisions right, or do they need to look at it for the future?
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm John McEnore. I'm Bjorn Borg. |
| 0:02.2 | This is Martina Navratilova. |
| 0:03.7 | I'm Matt Svillander. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm Stan Ravinka. |
| 0:06.0 | I'm Lainey Njut. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Andy Murray. |
| 0:07.6 | And you're listening to the Tennis Podcast. |
| 0:20.1 | Well, here we are on Women's Finals Day |
| 0:22.2 | at the Women in Championships 2018. |
| 0:24.4 | Myself, Catherine Mitigga, David Law soon to join. |
| 0:27.3 | I am assured by David Law himself, |
| 0:30.3 | but I have Charlie Echelshow of the telegraph alongside me. |
| 0:33.8 | We have just been watching the Women's Final 1 |
| 0:36.8 | by Angelique Kerber, 6363, |
| 0:39.6 | Overserina Williams, her third Grand Slam title. |
| 0:43.1 | And it's a great story, Charlie. |
| 0:46.3 | I really think it's a brilliant story. |
| 0:48.5 | It's just not the story that we were all preparing for. |
| 0:52.9 | So it's kind of a weird one, isn't it? |
| 0:56.5 | Yeah, I think everyone, the crowd certainly came. |
| 1:00.0 | Almost think it was going to be a procession. |
| 1:01.6 | You know, this was this amazing comeback story from Serena. |
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